Neckwear display clip



Nov. 1937. R, K. HOFFMAN 2,099,269

NECKWER DISPLAY CLIP Y Filed Feb. s, 19u56 Patented Nov. 16, 1937 'l 5 Claims.

This invention relates to neckwear display clips and has for the primary object the provision of a devi-ce of this character which is especially adapted for supporting a tie to a collar of a shirt or for securing a tie to a display stand and which Will maintain an untied tie in a position to have the appearance of a tied tie, and which eliminates tie tying and the creasing of ties when used for display purposes and permits a tie to be easily applied and removed when desired.

With these and other objects in view,'this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.V

For a complete understanding of my invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which ,Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a shirt and collar supported by a display stand with a necktie applied to the collar through the employment of a clip constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation illustrating a series of ties mounted to a display stand by clips constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective View showing atie folded with the clip applied thereto and retaining the folded tie in a position to have the appearance of a tied tie.

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating the clip.

Figure 5 is a sectional view showing the application of the clip to the tie, and

Figure 6 is a'front elevation showing a portion of a shirt and collar with theimproved clip applied to the bottom of the collar. f

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numera I indicates a display stand supporting a shirt 2 andla collar 3. Applied to the collar 3 and draping over the shirt 2 is a necktie 4. The tie 4 is attached to the collar 3 by a clip 5 forming the subject matter of the present invention. The clip 5 is capable of supporting to the collar a folded tie with the appearance of being tied. Besides mounting a tieto a collar, as shown in Figure 1, clips, as sho-wnin Figure 4, may be employed for securing a series of ties to a stand 6, as

shown in Figure 2.

The clip 5 is constructed from a single length of material having a desired flexibility. The strip of material is first bent upon itself to form a substantially U-shaped portion 'l employed for detachably securing the clip to a button 8 of the collar or to a pin or like member on the stand 6. The strip of material after forming the U-shaped portion 1 is bent at right angles thereto to form oppositely extending parts 9. The strip of material after forming the parts 9 is bent to form converging resilient arms I 0 that overlap one another, as shown at I I. The strip of material after 5 the formation of the arms I0 is bent at right angles to form parallel jaws I2 having their free ends curved in the direction of each other, as shown at I3. Due to the resiliency of the arms I0 the jaws I2 are urged in the direction of each 10 other. One of the arms I0 is slightly longer than the other arm. The strip of material which forms the U-shaped portion 'I is flattened to give rigidity thereto.

In use the tie 4 is folded upon itself -in an end 15 to end direction, as shown in Figure 3, the clip 5 is then applied to the folded tie adjacent one of the folded ends of said tie. In applying the clip to the tie, the jaws I2 are spread apart and a -part of the folded portion of the tie is brought 20 into a knot forming position, as shown in Figure 5, by the jaws gripping opposite edges of the folded tie. The tie thus applied to the clip overlies the latter and conceals the same 'from View and has the appearance of a tied tie. The U- 25 shaped portion 'I is then applied to the button 8 bringing the tie into proper position with respect to the collar or if applied to the stand 6 the U- shaped portion 'I is hooked over one of the projections or pins (not shown) of the stand. A clip 30 of the character described may be readily applied to a tie after the latter has been folded in the manner described and will effectively retain the folded tie in a position to have the appearance of a tied tie without mutilating or creasing the 35k tie. The clip then may be readily applied to the button 8 or to the stand 6. i

A device of the character described may be manufactured at a low cost and will render a large saving in time and labor in the displaying 40 of neckties either on a display 'stand orA on shirts and collars and eliminates damage to the tie so that after displaying they may be returned to stock in the store for sale.

Having described the invention, I claim: 45

1. A clip' comprising a substantially U-shaped portion adapted to straddle a shank of a support, overlapping resilent arms formed on the U-shaped portion, said arms capable of free sliding movement upon one another, and jaws formed on said 50 arms and having their free ends bent in the direction of each other to grip opposite edges of a folded tie to retain the latter in a position to have the appearance of a tied tie.

2. A clip comprising a substantially U-shaped portion, resilient arms integral with said U-shaped portion and converging and overlapping and eX- tending angularly to said U-shaped portion, jaws formed on said arms and biased towards each other by the resiliency ofV said arms, said jaws paralleling the U-shaped portion.

'3. A clipi comprising a substantially U-shaped portion, resilient arms integral with said U -shaped portion and converging and overlapping and extending angularly to said U-shaped portion, Vjaws formed on said arms and biased towards each other by the resiliency of said arms, said jaws paralleling the U-shaped portion,'said jawsrhavin'g 1; their free ends bent in thediiection oi each other Y Y and said U-shaped portion being flattened to add 1f Y rigidity thereto. Y

4. A clip comprising a substantially U'l-vslriaped,Y

portion adapted to straddle a shank of a collar button and having the faces adjacenta collar' iflattened, portions extending in opposite dire6- tions from the free ends of the U-shaped portion at right angles thereto and in the same plane as the U-shaped portion, resilient arms Vextending from the oppositely extending portions and con- Y integral with the U-shaped portion Yand converg-.

ing 'and overlapping and extending angularly to the Ushaped portion, movablerjaws carried by VAVVVsaid arms and disposed parallel to the U-shaped portion and adapted to receive therebetween the vtie to hold the tie in a knot simulating position.

' ROGER K. HOFFMAN. 

